5+ day, 13+ hour ago   (459+ words) Montbellant Hill was first home to a first-century B.C. city before Roman and medieval structures were built on top of it in the ensuing centuries. In a translated statement from the institute, the team wrote that they had discovered groupings of…...

1+ week, 2+ day ago   (378+ words) The statue’s unique style hints at a vanished empire. “It is very rare to find such monumental sculpture of this period anywhere in the Mediterranean, and this exceptionally well-preserved, unique monument casts important new light on the major arts of…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (405+ words) The largest hoard of its kind ever found may mark the moment an epidemic swept through town. Someone in medieval Kolomna, Russia, buried over 2,600 silver coins in a small ceramic jug and never came back for them. Archaeologists working in…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (279+ words) Buried in a Turkish cave for millennia, the figurines may point to a long-lost mountain cult. The 25 recently discovered, rudimentarily-carved stone turtle figurines surrounding a curved architectural feature in a cave under Turkey’s Gedikkaya Hill must have had some sort…...

1+ week, 6+ day ago   (548+ words) The Celtic settlement yielded hundreds of coins, amber, jewelry, and luxury ceramics. A Celtic settlement from the second century B.C. discovered in modern-day Czech Republic has yielded an impressive haul of opulence, from hundreds of gold and silver coins to precious…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (291+ words) In a rarity, the entire hull of the ship was repurposed as construction material. The ceiling of a cellar constructed in 1244 C.E. along the Konradigasse in Konstanz, Germany, offers archaeologists a unique look into the medieval shipbuilding industry. Researchers exploring the…...

2+ week, 6+ day ago   (365+ words) You probably shouldn’t buy human remains on the black market, but if you do, make sure to use gloves. Billy Jamieson never forgot his first encounter with a shrunken head. “After spending time with Takupi, I came home and I…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (329+ words) Nothing closes a watering hole like a dead body. Archaeologists discovered two strikingly different types of offerings dropped into a well dug in the early fifth century B.C.E. by the Etruscan people of northern Italy. The two rituals stand in stark…...

3+ week, 5+ day ago   (296+ words) A fortified Roman camp, complete with a bakery and blacksmith’s forge, is still emerging from the soil. qHere’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Roman artisans baked bread alongside blacksmiths working at a forge within a first-century C.E....